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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 24, 20157 counties in Texas; Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2015, 11:02 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas; Caddo Parish, De Soto Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2015, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Caddo Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KBAD), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2015-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 10:15 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1015 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

.UPDATE...
TORNADO WATCH 105 NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM. CONVECTION STILL
FIRING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S SOUTH OF THE FRONT...PLENTY OF MOISTURE
TO SUPPORT DISCREET STORMS WITH BOWING FEATURES ALONG THE FRONT.
UPDATE ALREADY OUT. /05/

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  69  89  64  89 /  60  20   0  10
MLU  70  87  66  87 /  60  30  10  10
DEQ  59  86  51  85 /  80  10   0  10
TXK  65  87  60  85 /  80  10   0  10
ELD  68  85  60  84 /  60  20   0  10
TYR  66  89  63  88 /  60  10   0  10
GGG  65  88  63  88 /  60  10   0  10
LFK  70  89  65  89 /  60  30  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

05/05
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 10:47 AM CDT, 12 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1047 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-251200-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-DE SOTO-
RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE-NATCHITOCHES-WINN-
GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-
MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-
PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-SAN AUGUSTINE-
1047 AM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWEST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...EAST TEXAS AND
NORTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES MOVING THIS WAY FROM CENTRAL TEXAS AND A NORTHWARD
MOVING WARM FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WILL
BE THE KEY INGREDIENTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF
SUPERCELLS ARE ALLOWED TO FORM AND IF ANY OF THESE CAN BECOME
DISCRETE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY TOTALING ONE TO
THREE INCHES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STORMS STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AHEAD OF A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL DRIFT EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...AS A COLD FRONT BACK DOORS INTO THE AREA AND BECOMES NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. ONCE THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST ALONG THE GULF COAST...RAINS
COME TO AN END...AND REMAINS DRY THROUGH LATE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS...AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

13

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:18 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1018 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1012 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E BRADLEY             33.10N  93.57W
04/24/2015                   LAFAYETTE          AR   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWN. CAR RAN INTO IT AND PEOPLE TRAPPED. FIRE
            DEPT ON SCENE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500360

10
Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1035 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 S FOUKE               33.19N  93.89W
04/24/2015                   MILLER             AR   AMATEUR RADIO

            LARGE TREE DOWN BLOCKING THE HIGHWAY 1 MILE SOUTH OF
            SULPHUR RIVER ON HWY 71 SOUTH

&&

EVENT NUMBER SHV1500361

MMAYEAUX
Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1046 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1039 PM     HAIL             3 E JACKSONVILLE        31.97N 95.21W
04/24/2015  E1.75 INCH       CHEROKEE           TX   PUBLIC

            RELAYED THROUGH MEDIA.

&&
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Smith, Titus, Wood46 min
Apr 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Gregg, Morris, Smith, Titus, Upshur and 1 more50 min
Apr 24, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVUpshur23 min
Apr 24, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Marion38 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola and 3 more46 min
Apr 24, 9:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass3 hr
Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass24 min
Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion46 min
Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison, Panola, Rusk, Shelby48 min
Apr 24, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Rusk, Smith67 min
Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVPanola, Shelby43 min
Apr 24, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Smith41 min
Apr 25, 4:31 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisorySHVAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more11 hr
Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Red River, Titus3 days
Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVBowie, Cass, Morris10 days
Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVCass, Marion9 days
Apr 25, 6:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVFranklin, Morris, Titus6 days
Apr 25, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine46 min
Apr 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Claiborne, Webster43 min
Apr 24, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVClaiborne, Union30 min
Apr 24, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVClaiborne, Lincoln, Union53 min
Apr 24, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red River, Sabine, Winn64 min
Apr 24, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita, Union28 min
Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita17 min
Apr 25, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVGrant51 min
Apr 24, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada51 min
Apr 24, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada50 min
Apr 24, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNevada38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2015Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.